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whakaawangawanga

1. (verb) (-tia) to confuse, bewilder, perplex, flumox.

Tinihangatia ana te whakahokinga atu ki te hunga pātai mai, whakaawangawangatia ana te kupu, kia hē rawa ake i tētahi kaweka, kua waiho i tētahi kaweka te tikanga, kia tika ai, kei kīia kua hē te matakite a te tohunga (MM.TKM 15/6/1857:4). / The responses to the interrogators were devious with confusing answers, and if one indirect answer was incorrect another meaning could be taken in case it could be said that the prediction of the priest was incorrect.

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Synonyms: whakapōkaikaha

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